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Novel Antibacterial Azelaic Acid BioMOFs

2019; American Chemical Society; Volume: 20; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1021/acs.cgd.9b01302

1528-7505

Sílvia Quaresma, Vânia André, Alexandra M. M. Antunes, Sérgio M. F. Vilela, Georgiana Amariei, Ana Arenas‐Vivo, Roberto Rosal, Patricia Horcajada, M. Teresa Duarte,

X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography

The development of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) for bioapplications has gained great relevance over the last few years, mainly due to their potential as drug carriers and/or imaging agents. Although the bioactive azelaic acid has also been widely used as an antibacterial and anti-inflammatory drug, it presents low solubility, so of utmost importance is the development of more soluble formulations with sustained activity. In this contribution, we prove that new azelaic acid-based metal biomolecule frameworks (BioMOFs) are a viable pathway to achieve this goal. Therefore, five novel MOFs were prepared by a simple, low-cost, and environmentally friendly mechanochemical approach, combining azelaic acid with endogenous cations (i.e., K+, Na+, and Mg2+): [K2(H2AZE)(AZE)] (1), [Na4(HAZE)4] (2), [Na2(AZE)(H2O)] (3), and two different polymorphic forms of [Mg(AZE)(H2O)3] (4) and (5) (where H2AZE - neutral azelaic acid; HAZE - mono-deprotonated azelaic acid; AZE - di-deprotonated azelaic acid). After full structural characterization using single-crystal X-ray diffraction data and other complementary standard solid-state techniques, their thermal and moisture stabilities as well as aqueous solubility were assessed. Finally, their antibacterial activity was evaluated against two Gram-positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis), commonly present on the skin. All MOF materials exhibit good stability and higher solubility than azelaic acid. In addition, BioMOF 1 has shown good antibacterial activity both at pH 5 and 6.5. Thus, 1 has shown to be a promising candidate to further develop new topical formulations of H2AZE.